City of Orange township, Essex County, New Jersey (NJ) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 31 (39% naturalized citizens)

City of Orange township:

31.3%

Whole state:

17.5%

57% of City of Orange township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in New Jersey.

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)

Cashiers (4%)

Health technologists and technicians (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in City of Orange township:

Haitian (11.9%)

Jamaican (4.5%)

United States or American (3.9%)

Italian (3.3%)

Guyanese (2.9%)

African (2.8%)

Trinidadian and Tobagonian (2.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Haiti (27%)

Jamaica (12%)

Guyana (9%)

Trinidad and Tobago (8%)

El Salvador (6%)

Peru (5%)

Nigeria (3%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 7,033 (53%)

Carpooled: 2,224 (17%)

Bus or trolley bus: 2,253 (17%)

Subway or elevated: 76 (1%)

Railroad: 670 (5%)

Ferryboat: 5 (0%)

Taxi: 136 (1%)

Bicycle: 9 (0%)

Walked: 668 (5%)

Other means: 115 (1%)

Worked at home: 185 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (59%)

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)

Electricity (15%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)

People in group quarters in City of Orange township, New Jersey:

324 people in nursing homes

76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

37 people in religious group quarters

13 people in other nonhousehold living situations

9 people in unknown juvenile institutions

72.6% of residents of City of Orange township speak English at home.
12.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
13.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).